Law

Allahabad HC directs to pay Rs 2L to home guard as compensation

IANS | January 3, 2024 1:13 PM

Lucknow, Jan 3 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has set aside the charge sheet and summoning order passed against a home guard in an alleged case of extortion from truck drivers at a no-entry point in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi.

Trump's crowded legal calendar on collision course with campaign trail

IANS | January 3, 2024 1:26 AM

Washington, Jan 3 (IANS) Former US President Donald Trump's criminal cases of tax fraud and election subversion in his crushing calendar of legal obligations is set for a head-on collision with the race to the Iowa caucuses in two weeks' time that will decide the trend on who GOP will eventually nominate for the presidency in 2024. However, Trump still holds the wild card against his rivals Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis.

PIL filed in SC challenges legislation by Parliament on appointment of CEC, ECs

IANS | January 2, 2024 12:06 PM

New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an injunction against the implementation of the Chief Election Commissioner and the other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Condition of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023 -- which excludes the Chief Justice of India from the process of appointment of top officials of the Election Commission.